Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Vanilla Beans Giveaway (Closed)

It the holiday season again and I am sure all of you are getting ready for Christmas and Chinese New Year baking. During this period I used lot of vanilla extract. Pure vanilla extract is expensive so I like making it myself. As you can see I don’t skim on my vanilla. I will put at least 6-7 beans to make a bottle of extracts that is why I used a lot of them. I’ve ordered vanilla beans from an online store before but I was not too happy with their beans and also their customer service until I found Beanilla Trading Company . I love their fat plum vanilla beans and they come all vacuum pack to retain its freshness and their customer service responds all your queries promptly. I am so glad that I found their online store.

Since it is the holiday season I wrote to them asking if they want to sponsor this year giveaway? Brent of Beanilla responded right away and generously sponsors all the gifts here.

The Beanilla Trading Company specializes in providing the best quality vanilla products to chefs, breweries, restaurants and at-home enthusiasts around the world. They take great pride in the quality of every product we offer.

Beanilla will be giving away their products to 3 lucky readers of My Kitchen Snippets. Each winner will received 5 Madagascar vanilla beans, 5 Mexican vanilla beans and a 2 oz package of vanilla fleur de sel.

Madagascar vanilla is incredibly smooth, rich and creamy. This is the most traditional type of vanilla and it goes well with any type of baking.

Mexican vanilla is bolder with tones of smoke. Mexican vanilla is often regarded as the best in the world. This variety pairs well with chocolates and other rich desserts.

Vanilla Fleur de Sel is a blend of premium sea salt, imported from the coast of Brittany, France. We blend this with our premium Tahitian vanilla beans. The result is incredible. Fleur de Sel is perfect for topping caramels, brownies or anything with peanut butter! This is potent stuff, so just a pinch will go a long way.

1. To Enter: Post your comment here and tell me what you want to do with the vanilla beans or the Vanilla Fleur de Sel.

2. For additional entries: Post about this giveaway at your blog, linking back to this post. Come back and leave me a comment with the link to your post.

This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world. Remember to leave your email address in your comment so that I have some way of contacting you if you win. I will pick 3 lucky winner (s) by random drawings and Beanilla will send the gifts directly to you. Dateline for the Giveaway will be on 19th December 2011 at 9.00am (Eastern Time) Good Luck!!

My Kitchen Snippets Full Disclosure: Beanilla provides their products for the giveaway. I only promote things that stay true to my taste and interests. The opinions expressed here are my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments. Thank you Beanilla for sharing your wonderful products with us.

Ever since I found out about the wonderful fragrance vanilla beans produced, I've stop using those cheap vanilla essence!! Never ever use them!! but the real vanilla beans can cost a lot! Wish I can win some :)

Thanks for the giveaway. When I was travelling in USA last month, I was searching for the vanilla bean in their supermarket as I had already gotten myself a volka to prepare to make my own vanilla extract. However, the volka is still waiting for my vanilla bean as I could not find it in the USA.

I hope I will be lucky enough to win your giveaway in order to use my volka. :)

You are one person who knows how expensive it is to buy pure vanilla extract here in Malaysia, let alone trying to find good stores that stock up good quality ones. Can you be a Santa to also post up a recipe on how to make vanilla extract if I won?? Thanks much.

What a good news!! Thanks for the giveaway. I would like to make cream caramel or custard cream puff with vanilla beans which can bring out the real vanilla flavour and share these goodies to my family members & friends. Hope I'm the lucky one to win the gifts.

Awesome, I hope I will be the lucky one as I doubt this brand is available in Singapore. Furthermore, I will be excited to find out how Vanilla Fleur de Sel actually taste like. I can attempt this on fudge or cookies.

I've been wanting to make creme brulee (1st time) for quite some time and I think the vanilla beans would be perfect for the dessert. I would also love to make my own vanilla extract. (aishah_ias93@hotmail.com)

Hmm have only used pure vanilla bean in the making of creme brulee or vanilla ice cream. My whole family absolutely loves the original taste. Hope I'll be one of the lucky winner. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you and your family.Voon from voonsk@hotmail.com

i very very very love vanilla.if i got this vanilla bean i will use it for vanilla ice-cream,vanilla chiffon cake and i put some in my sugar also to make vanilla sugar....when i make coffee i can put some of it...emmm....my coffee full of vanilla taste.....Im Hodyhody80@yahoo.com

I have read on several blogs on how easy it is to make my own vanilla essence. Been wanting to get my hands on some of these vanilla beans to try it out. The remaining vanilla beans will be used for making ice cream. Home-made vanilla bean ice cream sounds like a great treat this Christmas!

hi! thanks for making the give away. i would lke to make a vanilla macaroon with salted caramel filling inside! i hope that i'll win the giveaway because vanilla beans are so expensive): my email address is vanillacrystals@gmail.com

Living in the southern hemisphere means we are in the dead of summer right now where the mercury may hit 40C on some days. There is no better way to cool down on days like that than a tub of home-made vanilla ice-cream, made with real vanilla beans. Awesome!

I love vanilla but the good vanilla cost a lot and it is very difficult to find in Malaysia. I would love to make ice cream and cake for this vanilla. I am sure it will definately taste delicious and my family will love it. Thanks for giving us chance to have it. Cheers, Joyce. (loysuan@gmail.com)

Madagascar vanilla cupcakes would be lovely. Would also like to use the pods to make my own vanilla extract, as well as vanilla sugar. For the fleur de sel, some salted chocolate chip cookie would be nice!Thanks for the sharing!

First please let me congratulate you on the great and noble idea of the giveaway!

I am new to the USA. Like you was born and raised abroad, but in my case in Eastern Europe. Vanilla extract is not used in my country. When my husband and me moved to the States four months ago, it was the first time for me to have an own oven and started experimenting different recipes especially baking food. I love it!

I am using vanilla extract basically in everything sweet I prepare. It is an extract we bought from the grocery store. I would love to know how to make my own vanilla extract and would use the beans for making an extract.

The vanilla salt would be sprinkled on the salted butter caramels that I make. Mmmmm. . . ! And some of the vanilla beans would be used to make vanilla extract, and I'd treasure the rest until I found a recipe worthy of them!

Vanilla beans, especially Madagascar vanilla pods really excites me. I would love to use them in baking my fruity vanilla bread pudding served with a vanilla-rum custard sauce. As for the vanilla fleur de sel, it would be great sprinkled on my chocolate truffles.

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